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Wellington was only a fledgling settlement of some 3,000 people when it was struck by a cluster of devastating earthquakes in 1848. Now the authoritative text on this event, this scientific and historic account explains the cause of the earthquakes, the geological aftermath, the quakes’ impact on early British settlers, and predictions of larger movements along the Wellington Fault in New Zealand’s future making it a compelling read for science and history buffs alike.

It’s Wellington, now. Acoustic Engineer Michael Stirling’s old life is gone. He’s on the dating
scene, learning te reo Maori, living in an upmarket apartment complex, and visiting his father who has dementia. Wearing his online dating disguise, Michael meets ...

Regulation, whatever its shape or form, is integral to the lives of all New Zealanders.
As ongoing problems such as the leaky homes saga show, badly designed and poorly implemented regulation can cost the taxpayer millions. Framing the Commons is ...

Nick Ascroft is one of the most gifted young poets to emerge in New Zealand
in recent years. He writes with astonishing dexterity in a wide range of voices and styles, but underlying the verbal fireworks is a deeply felt ...

Daydreams, fantasy, true love and procrastination feature strongly in this marvelous selection of Dylan Horrocks's
shorter comics. Running from 1986 to 2012, Incomplete Works is both the chronicle of an age and a portrait of one man's heroic struggle to ...

In his new collection, renowned writer and poet Harry Ricketts finds room for three songs written
in Hong Kong in 1975 and a 1979 poem about a war poet. Other poems remember departed friends and early experiences and celebrate the abiding ...

Evocative and beautiful, this anthology tracks between the dualities of the rain-washed skies of Donoughmore
County, Cork, and the Queensland rainforest and its national and personal histories. Inspired by the poet’s experiences near Blarney in Ireland as well as her ...

The full story of the gifted but troubled R. A. K. Mason is told for
the first time in this accessible biography. The puzzling reasons after his extraordinary beginning that Mason almost completely stopped writing poetry are investigated. The legendary ...

Illuminating personal trials and triumphs against the backdrop the author's home city of Wellington, New Zealand,
this unflinching observation describes a world of jagged and narrow rocks, and shelter from the tepid rain's puce music. Well-crafted and confessional, these poems of ...